Fisher Events
Upcoming
This year’s John Seltzer and Mark Seltzer Memorial Lecture is a conversation about Black memory. What does Black memory look like, sound like, feel like? How does Black memory inhabit and reshape space?
Past
Join us for the last RBSC workshop of the term, Introduction to Book Science.
Join us for a one-day display of new Latin American materials, featuring artists’ books, photobooks, posters, and works by independent publishers in the region.
Val Napoleon delivers this year's J. Edward Chamberlin Lecture.
Please join us for the launch of a visionary artist-librarian collaboration, resulting in the publication of four books.
Please join us for a viewing of The Elements (Knowledge of Life) by artist Christine Davis.
This second workshop of the fall term will focus on the library's Middle Eastern collections.
Join us for an intimate conservation with the Barcelona-based book artist Ximena Pérez Grobet.
Visit the Fisher Library for a unique opportunity to view some of the most important scientific books ever printed.
Join us for a new season of workshops on topics in rare books and special collections offered by staff in the Fisher Library. The first one is an introduction to rare books.
Please join us for an intimate conversation with master printer and cultural provocateur Amos Kennedy, Jr.
Bringing together artists, bibliographers, book historians, librarians, and printmakers, this seminar will explore the interdisciplinary field of queer book arts by examining books and printed works through the lens of research creation. It will be held June 24-26, 2025.
The Fisher Library, in cooperation with the Footprints: Jewish Books through Time and Place project, invites applicants to participate in a two-day workshop in Toronto devoted to the study of early modern Hebrew paleography, especially as it appears in the margins of early printed books. It will be held June 9-10, 2025.
Describing a collection of 7,000 books related to engineering is a daunting task. Rather than giving an account of the entire collection,
in this lecture Mark Andrews will tell us the story of four of these books and how they came to be in the collection.
BIBLIODIVERSITY is a one-day display of books in various formats and materialities in celebration of World Book Day.
This workshop will introduce participants to the genre of artists' books, and examine how artists both influence and define social and political movements through their books.
Learn about the history of the department, the strengths of the collection, how we build our collections, and how researchers can register and use our materials. Added bonus: you'll be able to handle some items from the collection.
Illustrator and cartoonist Maurice Vellekoop will discuss how his award-winning graphic memoir, I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together, is in part a love letter to the author’s hometown of Toronto.
This introductory workshop offers an overview of essential archival concepts and terminology. Participants will learn how to navigate archival descriptions and gain hands-on experience with resources available at the University of Toronto Archives.
Learn about the history of the department, the strengths of the collection, how we build our collections, and how researchers can register and use our materials. Added bonus: you'll be able to handle some items from the collection. Bring your curiosity and your questions!
We again welcome you this winter and spring to join us for a series of virtual seminars on Persian lithographic printing organized by Mahdi Ganjavi, Shabnam Golkhandan, Mohamad Tavakoli.
This year’s Kiddell Lecture on the History of the Book is a conversation about memory, storytelling, and identity around cookbooks and food cultures in Guyana.
Participants to this workshop will learn key elements to define special collections today and how to integrate these ideas into research, academic or creative projects, and other interests.
As the world commemorates 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2025, the Fisher will hold a public presentation focused on various aspects relating to the library collections and the Holocaust.
Learn about the history of the department, the strengths of the collection, how we build our collections, and how researchers can register and use our materials.
There will be a public tour of the exhibition on Thursday November 28th at 6 pm. No RSVP required, simply come to the Fisher exhibition area at 6 pm. The tour will last approximately 45 minutes.